The story behind Malawi Vice President Joyce Banda’s dedication to women’s...
A favourite inspirational story I’ve enjoyed since arriving in southern Africa is that of Malawi’s vice president, Joyce Banda, and where she found the inspiration to dedicate her life to the economic...
View ArticleMaintaining Community in Women’s Prison
I visited Freetown’s prison for women with Martha Kargbo, jhr’s first BBC World Service Trust Fellow in Sierra Leone. She is producing a feature on how women behind bars maintain contact with their...
View ArticleMoney lending sparks new-found rights for women in Malawi
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but in Nkalo village it grows near one. In the centre of the village a tree has become the site of new financial freedom and empowerment for local women – an outdoor...
View ArticleAfrican women in media: Making waves in radio
“Mostly ladies are known to be shy … [too] shy to talk in public.” This is a strange declaration from Bridget Nambah, a DJ and talk show producer at Tamale’s Diamond FM. The 19-year-old from Ghana’s...
View ArticleEmpowering Malawian women one seed at a time
Across Malawi, 5000 women have been trained by Annie Bonomali, a mother of six who’s been involved in making products such as soap, jam and oil out of tree leaves and seeds. What started out to be a...
View ArticleSecret Women
In Chichewa, the widely-spoken language of southern Malawi, being pregnant or “kunkhala ndi pakati” translates to being in the middle of life and death. For many pregnant Malawian women, however,...
View ArticleMamas know best: an organization in Ghana profits with fair trade
Ashley Terry is a senior producer with globalnews.ca. In the spring of 2013, she served as an expert trainer with Journalists for Human Rights in Ghana as part of the Shaw Africa Project. ACCRA &...
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